Cinema releases by week
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, 1h29
Directed by Jacques TourneurOrigin USAGenres Drama,
WesternThemes Films about religionActors Joel McCrea,
Ellen Drew,
Dean Stockwell,
Alan Hale,
Lewis Stone,
James MitchellRating73%
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Shortly after the American Civil War, preacher Josiah Gray (Joel McCrea) arrives in the town of Walesburg. He heads straight for the saloon to give his first sermon. When the patrons laugh at him, he pulls out two guns, cowing the men into listening.
Directed by Charles LamontOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeActors Mona Freeman,
Scott Brady,
Charles Drake,
Andrea King,
Tony Curtis,
Robert GistRating60%
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A shoplifter, Faye Burton, is being watched by Herb Klaxon, a security guard at a Los Angeles department store, and by Jeff Andrews, a shopper there. Jeff tries to warn her, but Faye is nevertheless caught and placed under arrest. Faye signs a confession and is set free, warned that if she tries this again, she will go to jail.
Directed by Fred C. BrannonGenres Science fiction,
Action,
CrimeActors Richard Webb,
Aline Towne,
Lane Bradford,
Stanley Price,
George Meeker,
John CrawfordRating45%
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A would-be dictator and scientist, known only as The Phantom Ruler, has developed a formula which, when sprayed on some solid object, renders that object and everything it contains invisible when exposed to rays emitted by a special lamp, also his own invention. Covered from head to toe in formula-treated cloth, he thus moves about unseen, presently with the objective of stealing enough money and formula components to render an entire army of willing followers invisible. Two henchmen assist him, along with several illegal aliens smuggled into the US by him and used to infiltrate, as employees, possible sites for him to later rob while invisible. When he successfully robs a bank vault, an investigator from the bank's insuror teams up with a woman police detective to solve the mystery of the money which to all outside appearances has just vanished. Tracking clues and interrupting other attempts by the Phantom Ruler to commit crimes, the protagonists round up enough evidence that they are not merely dealing with an ordinary crime ring. Eventually they discover the invisibility fluid and lamp, and the Phantom Ruler is killed when he trips over an open high-power electric cable he had laid on the floor of his den to do in the forces of law and order closing in upon him.![Mrs. Fitzherbert](/imagesen/small/149100.jpg)
, 1h39
Directed by Montgomery TullyOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalActors Joyce Howard,
Leslie Banks,
Margaretta Scott,
Mary Clare,
Wanda Rotha,
Frederick ValkRating56%
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The Prince Regent falls in love with Mrs. Fitzherbert, a Catholic widow, but because of their great social divide, she laughs at his advances. The distraught prince responds with a suicide attempt. Mrs. Fitzherbert feels compassion, and the couple are secretly married. Unfortunately, their secret soon becomes the stuff of gossip and rumour, and when this threatens the relationship between the prince and the king, the prince denies his marriage. The jilted Mrs. Fitzherbert then runs away, and the prince marries the woman to whom he was originally betrothed.![The Damned Don't Cry](/imagesen/small/3960.jpg)
, 1h43
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceActors Joan Crawford,
David Brian,
Steve Cochran,
Hugh Sanders,
Kent Smith,
Selena RoyleRating71%
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Ethel Whitehead (Crawford) is a weary housewife living at the edge of the Texas oil fields. When her young son is killed in a bicycle accident, she leaves her laborer husband Roy (Egan) for the big city. She quickly learns to use her physical charms to get ahead. In cahoots with bookkeeper friend Martin Blackford (Smith), Ethel works her way into the entourage of George Castleman (Brian), a mobster who enjoys an elegant lifestyle. With the help of socialite Patricia Longworth (Royle), Castleman grooms Ethel in the arts of cultured living. After making her his mistress, he tries to use her to trap his arch-rival Nick Prenta (Cochran). The trap fails when Ethel falls in love with Prenta. The betrayed Castleman kills Prenta and goes gunning for Ethel but dies in a shootout with Blackford.![Lucky Losers](/imagesen/small/87423.jpg)
, 1h9
Directed by William BeaudineOrigin USAGenres ComedyActors Leo Gorcey,
Huntz Hall,
Gabriel Dell,
David Gorcey,
William Benedict,
Buddy GormanRating61%
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Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of matches with the name of a local nightclub on his boss' desk and finds out from Gabe that a gambling casino is being run out of it. Slip comes to the conclusion that the club had something to do with his boss' death and sets out to find his murderer.![The Asphalt Jungle](/imagesen/small/4008.jpg)
, 1h52
Directed by John HustonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Sterling Hayden,
Louis Calhern,
Jean Hagen,
James Whitmore,
Sam Jaffe,
John McIntireRating77%
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When criminal mastermind Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe) is released from prison after seven years, he immediately goes to see a bookie named Cobby (Marc Lawrence) in an unnamed Midwest river city, who arranges a meeting with Alonzo Emmerich (Louis Calhern), a high-profile lawyer. Emmerich listens with interest to Doc's plan to steal jewelry worth a million dollars or more. Doc needs $50,000 to hire three men—a "box man" (safecracker), a driver, and a "hooligan"—to help him pull off the caper. Emmerich agrees to provide the money, then suggests that he (not one or more fences) assume the responsibility for disposing of the loot.![Please Believe Me](/imagesen/small/87500.jpg)
, 1h27
Directed by Norman TaurogOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Deborah Kerr,
Robert Walker,
Mark Stevens,
Peter Lawford,
James Whitmore,
J. Carrol NaishRating57%
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Alison Kirbe is a young London girl who has just found out she has inherited a Texas ranch from an old soldier she had befriended during World War II. Mistakenly assuming she is now the owner of a small empire, she crosses the Atlantic Ocean by ship. On her way, she meets Terence Keath, a fellow passenger heavily in debt to casino owner Lucky Reilly. To pay off his debts, he attempts to marry rich and starts to seduce Alison, as he thinks she is a wealthy heiress. Another person who is attracted to Alison is Jeremy Taylor, a millionaire bachelor who is accompanied by his attorney Matthew Kinston.![Champagne for Caesar](/imagesen/small/87259.jpg)
, 1h39
Directed by Richard WhorfOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedyThemes Films about televisionActors Ronald Colman,
Celeste Holm,
Vincent Price,
Barbara Britton,
Art Linkletter,
Mel BlancRating73%
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Beauregard Bottomley (Ronald Colman) is an unemployed PhD physicist who lives in Los Angeles with his piano-instructor sister Gwenn (Barbara Britton) and the alcohol-guzzling parrot of the film's title, Caesar. Beauregard and Gwenn live in a bungalow court, surrounded by books. Beauregard is an omnivorous reader, and is highly knowledgeable on virtually any subject - except, as he admits, how to hold a job. Beauregard obtains word of a mysterious job opportunity at the Milady Soap Company. He meets the eccentric company owner, Burnbridge Waters (Vincent Price), for the job interview. Waters disapproves of Beauregard's humour and turns him down for the job, humiliating him in the process.